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Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Food Systems Summit Dialogue: Role of Ag Biotech in Transforming Food Systems

28 July 2021. This summit dialogue explored the role of agricultural biotechnology in transforming food systems for the better by increasing the yields, efficiency or resilience of staple crops. By the Cornell Alliance for Science 

The Cornell Alliance for Science (CAS) is a public relations campaign funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to train fellows around the world, especially in Africa, to promote and defend genetically engineered crops and agrichemicals in their home countries.
  • Graham Brookes, PG Economics – UK
  • Motlatsi Musi, farmer, South Africa
  • Aileen Garcia, International Rice Research Institute – Philippines
  • Arif Hossain, CEO of Farming Future Bangladesh
  • Vitumbiko Chinoko, Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology, Kenya
  • André Tomas Vilela Hermann, Synthetic Biology Club – Brazil
  • John Komen, Komen Bioscience Consultancy, Netherlands
  • Navneet Kaur, Indian post-doctoral researcher, Rothamsted Research – UK;
  • Daniel Norero, Neocrop Technologies, Chile
  • Joseph Opoku Gakpo, Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association; 
  • Pablo Orozco, Cornell Alliance for Science, Berlin.

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